'Summer On The Sooke'

A very popular swimming and hiking area here on

the south coast it is also a critical salmon

spawning river.

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Oil on canvas 22 x 28

Your thoughts & comments  are always appreciated.

Jeffrey

'September Sooke River'

In a few weeks time 
this quiet spot will be transformed

into a raging, tumbling river when the big

male rains begin in earnest.

It will tax the stamina of the salmon running 

upstream to their spawning beds.

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'September Sooke River'
oil on wood panel
 6 x 8.

Your thoughts & comments are always appreciated.

Jeffrey 

'October Waterfall'

Some of you may recognize this from an earlier

piece I painted back in November.

The much larger format allowed me to put

quite a bit more in this one.

I stayed with the low light levels that were

present when the reference photos for

this piece were taken.

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Oil on wood panel 24 x 18.

Your thoughts & comments are valued!

Jeffrey

'The Potholes'

One day at the end of October this year I went

on a plein air adventure with fellow artist

Linny D. Vine.

It had been at least 10 years since either of us had

been to a beloved (now protected) part of the

Sooke River know as the Sooke Potholes.

This treasure of the south Island is a salmon

spawning river and they where present in the

water as we painted. This mystical geological

wonder lies in a deep canyon with sides eventually

reaching over a thousand feet in some places.

During the wet seasons the water roars and

tumbles through the contorted rock formations

that tend to make you weak in the knees as you

gaze down from your cliff side perch at the

turbulence 50 feet below. The spot we

painted however is at the lower and quieter end

of the run. During the heat of summer it is

a well used 'swimmin' hole'!

We started to paint during a sunny break on this

somewhat wet day but just as we got into it

the sun left us and because of the steep sides

of the canyon it became quite dull and dark.

It was a challenge to see the subtle values

to say the least.

The main rock formation in this piece towers

30 or more feet above the pool below, just to give

you an idea of scale.

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Oil on wood panel 
10 x 8.

Your thoughts and comments

greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey

'Woodland Waterfall'

This another painting for my up coming show

on Thurs. Dec 02 at

The Gallery

in the Oak Bay Village

The show opens on the gallery walk night

in the Oak Bay Village

6 pm - 9 pm

I will be there and hope you can make it out.

I took the reference

photo on a plein air excursion to the, now

protected, Sooke Potholes. This stream

feeds into the Sooke River and was

quite a sight that day in late October.

Oil on wood panel 8 x 6.

Your thoughts & comments are always

greatly appreciated!

Jeffrey